Suspenders.



SOLOMON H. LOORYE, .OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SUSFENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application tiled May 14,1906. Serial No. 816.819.

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Be it known that I, SOLOMON H. LOORYn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Washington, inthe District of Oolumbia, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a description, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to Suspenders of that general class in which evener-cords are employed between the shoulder-straps and rear buttonholes. y

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved means for guiding the evenerecord and permit greater freedom of movement with less wear.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved attaching means between the evener-cord and the shoulder- Y accidental detaching of the loops.

straps.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a continuous evener-cord slidable throughout its entire length.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a pair of Suspenders made in accordance with the invention. Fig, 2 is a detail view of one ofthe loop-carrying bars of the back-strap and one of the pivoted eyes detached, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the shoulder-strap-connecting bars detached.

The shoulder-straps 10 are recessed or cut away at theirrear ends and turned to form two spaced loops 11, which are arranged to receive the opposite ends of a cross-bar 12, having hooked or turned ends 13 to prevent The cen tral portion of the bar carries a metal clip 14, to which is pivoted an eye 15. This eye has an arcuate slot 16 for the passage of a loop 17, formed of leather or other suitable mate rial and through which the evener-cord 18 passes.

The evener-cord 18, which is continuous, carries similar loops 17 at its lower end, and these pass through slots formed in metallic eyes which are carried by the button-tabs 19. The back strap or web 20 is provided with links 21 at its upper and lower ends, and to these links are connected metal plates or bars 22, each of whichis so shaped as to formacen- 24. To the central ears of the upper and lower plates are pivoted eyes 26, having arcuate slots 27 struck from the pivotal centers of the lugs. These slots receive loops 28, formed of leather or other suitable material and arranged to receive the evener-cord 18.

The outer ears 24 carry studs or pins 30, on which are pivoted eye members 31, each of which has a curved slot 32 arranged on a line eccentric to the axis of its pin 30, and these slots receive loops 33, formed of leather or other suitable material and arranged for the passage of the evener-cord.

In Suspenders of'this general class it is found that where the side eyes or loops of the back-strap are formed of single-piece loops that the range of movement is limited, and if the wearer is engaged in manual labor or physical exercise which requires considerable play ofthe back and shoulders there is undue friction on the evenerecord. In the present case each of the side loops is formed of two sections-the loop proper and the eye-and owing to the eccentric connection of these two with respect to the pivot-point of the eye the evener-cord-guiding passage of the loop is free to move to almost any angular position with respect to the back-strap, and thus automatically compensate for excess movement in any direction and form a guide that will offer a minimum of frictiona resistance to the sliding movement of the evener-cord. The evener-cord, moreover, is continuous and is slidable throughout its entire length through the entire series of loops, thus permitting free movement of the shoulders without excessive strain on any part of the suspenders.

The eyes are formed of single pieces of stamped sheet metal, which, with their curved slots and pivot-receiving openings, may be cheaply made at a single operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In Suspenders' of the type described, shoulder-straps, evener-cord loops connected thereto, rear button-tabs, evener-cord loops carried thereby, a back-strap also having evener-cord loops, and an endless evenercord passing through all of said loops and slidable throughout its entire length.

2. In Suspenders of the type described, a back-strap, an evener-cord, a bar or plate l carried by the back-strap, eyes pivoted to tral pivot lug or ear 23 and end lugs or ears 'y IOO IIO

said bar or plate and having slots eccentric to their centers of movement, and eVener-cord loops extending through said slots.

3. In Suspenders, a shoulder-strap having 5 recessed ends arranged to form tWo spaced end loops, a bar extending therethrough, and having turned or hooked ends, and a loop connection carried by the bar at a point between said end loops, and retained by said 1o loops in a central position.

4. In Suspenders of the type described, a single-piece stamped-metal eye having a pivot-receiving opening, a cord-receiving oop and a curved loop-receiving slot.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature 1 5 in presence of tWo Witnesses.

S. H. LOORYE. Witnesses:

GRACE P. BRERETON, ALBERT PoPKINs. 

